Overview Presentation
Qortex is a social collaboration and productivity tool that promises an effective communication platform for the project team to get real work done. After being in beta phase since 2012, it is officially released on November 20, 2013, as the newest social productivity tool that distinguishes itself from the rest with its clutter-free team communication, professional PM tools and support for multilingual entry. It is also designed and developed with Agile and Scrum methodologies in mind, making it a simple but valuable PM application for people and businesses not necessarily involved in software development. It is offered either as a private cloud-based or on-premise service.Features, Benefits, Strengths
- Efficient information sharing and team collaboration – Qortex intelligently provides the users the means to communicate efficiently with their teams and others involved without getting distracted by misdirected or nonessential messages. Users can organize communication by groups: projects, clients, departments, etc. Comments are saved in a central storage, with only the people involved or interested being notified. No information gets lost. Users can request acknowledgements so that important messages are verified to have reached their intended recipients. Presentations and videos are easily uploaded.
- Flexible and scalable project management – A simple but intuitive interface allows users to estimate and track time without complication. Also, it can be enabled on a per group basis and Qortex will enforce the estimates automatically. Time tracking is done by asking the user to enter time spent before closing or handing off a task. Changes in the status of a task are automatically logged for review and historical purposes. Workflows and the labels of classifying tasks or to-dos are completely customizable, so users do not have to adjust to a preset that does not really fit the way they do things.
- Multilingual content support – Global teams can work and communicate more effectively with the language that they are most comfortable with. The application accepts posts and entries in the user’s preferred language. Character-based languages can even be mixed together because of its support of Unicode. Furthermore, it also uses a Microsoft-powered translation engine to completely convert messages into different languages.
Pricing
Qortex offers its service for Teams with a basic pricing of $10 per user per month. This includes a shared group account for clients and vendors with unlimited users and disk space. Custom packages depending on the number of users are available. The application can be tried for 30 days free. They also offer a Business package with more customizations and its advanced multilingual support feature. For non-profits, Qortex can be offered at a special discount or even for free.Social Network Presence
Target Market
With Qortex’s support for multilingual content, it is ideal for businesses and organizations that have global offices. The combination of flexible PM features with an efficient social collaboration system also makes it highly suitable to small- and medium-sized businesses involved with product development as well as design and creative companies offering time-based services.Supported Languages
It supports multiple languages and has language translation features.Some of their Clients
Some of the clients that used Qortex, and also projects made by its developer The Plant, are ASICS Europe, Danone Japan, Onitsuka Tiger and Lacoste Japan Online.Testimonials
Raphael Mazoyer of ASICS Digital Marketing appreciates the fluidity of the communications and the customizable features that help capture knowledge in the discussions. The structure helps keep things organized even for people who join the project half-way through.Why Qortex
Qortex is a social collaboration platform that gives control and options to the user to keep team communication to the most essential and important. The flexible PM tools influenced by agile and Scrum principles make it an efficient alternative to those companies inclined to go on the same direction. The support for multiple languages and translation also makes it very appealing to international and distributed organizations.Company Info
Qortex is a product of The Plant, a company founded in 2005 based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a development and technology company that provides web applications and custom development of technology platforms such as multilingual content management, CRM, direct marketing, e-commerce and data mining. The Plant also has offices in China and Australia. It has been developing websites for European and Asian markets for many years. Under the leadership of Anatole Varin, the General Manager, the company promises to continue addressing all its customers’ goals, whether about technology, user experience, branding or profitability.Explore Additional Project Management Resources
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